Over the last couple of of weeks I got started playing Pokemon Go with my children. Before I knew it I was sucked into the Pokemon Universe. My wife reluctantly joined in on the party, so now we spend several hours a week walking around our neighborhood looking for these Pokemons. Once I started playing I can see the flexibility of the game makes it very popular. It’s one of the few games that encourages you to go outside and walk around. You can play alone or play side by side with other players, and in my case it’s with my wife, kids and sometimes with other family members. The only time you really co-op with other players is when you battle against a Pokemon, and even then it’s limited to just attacking and trying to defeat that Pokemon. Win or lose you collect some random loot and you move on.

Every weekend is almost taken up by parties, get-togethers, research time for deals for gifts to buy, which leaves leaving little room to workout. So far this season is off to a good start. I usually gain significant amount of weight over the Thanksgiving weekend that ends up lasting till the end of the year. So far I haven’t gained any partly due to being sick right before Thanksgiving which limited my appetite. The season is still young and there’s plenty of time for me to unintentionally pack on the winter weight.

I’ve been hauling around my Lenovo W520 laptop for almost 7 years. The sound no longer works and I’ve replaced the battery. The sound does work through headphones or through the DisplayPort. It was great powerful laptop that did everything I threw at it. But it was overdue for a replacement, so I after being a lifelong Windows user I decided to pick up a Macbook Pro 15 (2017). I’ve always admired the Macbook’s design and build quality and this one is no exception.

It’s been a few days and so far it’s great. The screen and battery on this machine is amazing. I’m planning to get VMWare Fusion to run Windows 10, so I’m not missing out on my Windows specific apps and games. This is probably one of my most expensive computers I’ve bought, and I’m hoping it’ll last just as long as my Thinkpad did, and if it does I feel it’ll be worth every penny of it.

Last week my kids got me sick. Since they recently started school they must have picked up a bug and now spreading it to my wife and I. I decided to rest over the Labor Day weekend and just relaxed. Earlier in the week I felt pretty good, so I ran an easy 10k (6.2 miles). But the following morning I felt like crap. I guess I didn’t fully recover. I think I’m going to take a few more days off to try to fully recover (or do super easy runs). I have the San Jose Rock and Roll Half Marathon in 4 weeks, and I don’t want have to have anything lingering going into that weekend.